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The Law Office of Steven Riker is an AV-rated, New York-based law firm, which provides high-quality legal services at cost-effective rates to a diversified clientele in the New York metropolitan area. The Firm maintains a general commercial practice, with an emphasis on commercial and business litigation, real estate transactions, contract negotiation, corporate formation, and hotel/hospitality law. The Firm represents individuals and entities in actions involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, specific enforcement of real estate contracts, landlord-tenant disputes, mechanic’s liens, brokerage disputes, employment disputes, and Surrogate’s Court and estate matters. The Firm also represents owners, developers, landlords, and tenants in commercial and residential real estate acquisitions, lease transactions, and related financing transactions. And the Firm counsels businesses in a broad range of matters, including the formation of limited liability companies, corporations, and partnerships, the preparation and negotiation of operating agreements, shareholders’ agreements, and corporate governance documents, and the purchase and sale of businesses/entities and their assets. The Firm also represents individuals and fiduciaries in various Surrogate Court’s proceedings involving wills, trusts, and estates.. The Firm's clients have included large publicly-traded companies, corporate executives, prominent individuals, and many small business owners. However, every client and every project, whether big or small, receives the same level of commitment, diligence and ingenuity which distinguishes the Firm's practice.

Since emigrating from Russia in 1989, Mr. Paykin has lived in multiple countries, owned multiple successful businesses in the financial and IT worlds, and now acts as Managing Director and sole owner of The Law Office of Alexander Paykin, P.C., while also operating a technology and finance consultancy catering to law firms and other professionals, a real estate brokerage and a real estate holding company. His diverse life experiences have helped him to understand different mentalities, cultures, and points of view, making him an effective advocate for many complex issues. Mr. Paykin’s firm is modeled as a high-tech client-centered law firm, focusing on delivering efficient services in litigation and complex transactions relating to business/commerce, finance, and real estate.Mr. Paykin also strongly believes in vocational services to give back to his profession. On the national level, he serves on the ABA GPSolo Technology & Resource Center Committee, the ABA LPD Legal Technology Resource Center Board, the Productivity & Knowledge Strategy Committee, and Legal Project Management Committee, as well as the Pro Bono & Public Service Committee and the TechShow Board. On the state level, he also serves as Chair of the Committee on Technology and the Legal Profession, with the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), where he is also a member of the Committee on Law Practice and Court Rules, the Committee on Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR), the Law Practice Management Committee and the Committee on Law, Youth and Citizenship.Mr. Paykin regularly teaches continuing legal education (CLE) courses to fellow attorneys, on behalf of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and other attorney associations and groups. He has been repeatedly published in the New York State Bar Association Journal, on topics ranging from mutual insurer demutualization and the definition of policyholder for demutualization payout purposes, to artificial intelligence in the practice of modern law.Mr. Paykin knows and understands the value of hard work and prioritizes giving back to his community whenever he can. He sits on multiple 501(c)(3) non-profit boards, including a domestic violence shelter network called Brighter Tomorrows where he serves as Secretary of the Board and a community improvement charity known as the Commack-Kings Park Charitable Fund where he previously served two terms as President of the Board and is now serving a second non-consecutive term as Vice-President. Mr. Paykin has sat on the board for General Needs Ltd, a non-profit which focuses on helping veterans in need and is a former president of his Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow, a Paul Harris Society Member and an active Major Donor to the Rotary Foundation.

Selvarajah Law P.C. focuses on startups and small businesses. Our goals are to aid the formation, protection of the brand, maintenance of the organization and the growth of the venture. We are a business law firm that aids your business evolution with skilled counsel, experience and tact.. Starting and maintaining a company can be daunting without a plan. We have curated an effective system that realizes the startup dream without dismissing the necessary legal steps to properly build your company.. ABOUT SANKEETHA. Sankeetha Selvarajah is the Managing Attorney of Selvarajah Law P.C., a civil transactional firm located in Boston, Massachusetts. Her practice has an emphasis on general business law and mergers & acquisitions. Her primary role is as strategic advisor to clients and liaison to outside vendors. Corporate Governance and Advisory Board Services are also part of her full-service firm. She has served as a frequent speaker & panelist on corporate formation and risk management for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Boston Bar Association, Lawyers Weekly, Real Estate Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association and the American Bar Association. She is the Founder of , a business educational platform designed to assist small business and startup founders with short/long-term strategic planning through subject-specific seminars, and corporate coaching. She is also a past co-founder of Strata Advisory, an advisory board-for-hire focusing on post-accelerator startups and small businesses. She recently became a 2018 ABA Fellow with the American Bar Foundation. Sankeetha has also been awarded the 2016 American Bar Association Top 40 under 40 On The Rise award and the 2015 National Law Journal’s 40 under 40 award. Sankeetha is licensed to practice law in New York and Massachusetts.

Sagar Sharma is the Founder and Principal Attorney of Sagsharma LLC. Sharma has developed his legal practice in the corporate and startup sector, with a wide ranging number of interests and capabilities.. Sharma was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. In 2019, Sharma graduated with a double major and double minor from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. During his time at the University of Miami, Sharma served in numerous leadership positions, including Vice-President of Miami Aviators, the University of Miami’s Aviation Club.. Subsequently, Sharma attended law school at the University of North Carolina where he served as 1L Class President and lead his Class during the COVID crisis. While at UNC Law, Sharma was a fervent advocate of protecting First Amendment rights on campus.. Sharma received his clinical experience from the NC Startup Law Clinic at the University of North Carolina School of Law where he conducted various pro bono legal projects for North Carolina startups and small businesses. Sharma was the first legal extern for the storied automobile brand, Aston Martin, a position he founded and established at UNC Law.. In his free time, Sharma is an avid traveler and food enthusiast. He ranks New Zealand as one of his favorite destinations and sushi as one of his favorite foods. Sharma also enjoys practicing the skill of Muay Thai and alpine skiing.. Additionally, Sharma is a patron of the arts and is an active member of Young Fellow program of The Frick Collection in New York City.. Sagar Sharma resides in Manhattan, New York.

Lou Russo of Russo Law LLC is an accomplished business lawyer, arbitrator, professor and author with nearly 15 years of legal experience and training from the best and the brightest legal minds at the nation's preeminent AmLaw100 business law firms including Proskauer Rose, Winston & Strawn, and Alston & Bird.. Lou advises and works closely with clients on all legal issues serving as outside general counsel to many. He negotiates and drafts business contracts, helps business owners buy and sell businesses, as well as navigate pre-suit negotiations, mediation, arbitration of business disputes, and federal and state court litigation of which often include a breach of contract and related allegations of fraud and other tortious conduct. Lou works to resolve business disputes and partnership disagreements before litigation becomes necessary.. Lou helps business owners and investors buy and sell businesses of all sizes including small businesses and medium-sized businesses in New York and New Jersey.  He regularly drafts and negotiates asset sales, purchase agreements and the sale of interests in limited liability companies between owners. In that role he works with his clients' tax accountants, insurance brokers, and other professionals to get the deal closed.. Drawing upon his significant experience, Lou Russo also serves as arbitrator in FINRA and American Arbitration Association - Consumer matters and also teaches commercial arbitration as an adjunct law professor of law.. A magna cum laude graduate of Hofstra Law, Lou was the Associate Editor of the Hofstra Law Review and the Vice President of the Moot Court Association. He also participated in the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s trial techniques program. He received his B.A. in political science (with a minor in biology) from Villanova University.. *Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee future outcomes.. New York business lawyer, New Jersey business lawyer, business attorney, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, M&A, buing a business, selling a business, pre-suit negotiation, mediation, litigation in state and federal courts, and arbitration, partnership disputes, operating agreements, shareholder agreements, NDAs, purchase agreements (breach of contract, Commercial Litigation, Business Litigation)

Joseph Lipari is a tireless advocate and trial attorney for individuals and businesses involved in high stakes litigation and arbitration.  He has litigated in state and federal courts throughout the United States and he has appeared before binding arbitration panels.  Mr. Lipari has achieved numerous successful outcomes as counsel for plaintiffs and defendants, including verdicts and settlements.. He has successfully represented businesses in complex suits arising out of high-profile, catastrophic events including underground mining accidents in Alabama, steel mill explosions in Pennsylvania and Louisiana, and extended unplanned shutdowns and outages in mills, plants and factories located across the United States and abroad.. Mr. Lipari regularly litigates matters involving complex commercial disputes and patent disputes.  He also counsels clients relative to risk transfer strategy, risk management practices and product recalls.  He has developed cutting-edge strategies on behalf of his clients.  Recently, his innovative use of a global trade and international steel market expert allowed him to secure a nuisance-value settlement for a multi-national defendant on the eve of trial in a $20 million commercial dispute involving military contracting.. Mr. Lipari has received the Martindale-Hubbell AV rating, indicating that his legal peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence.  He was also named as a "Mass Tort Lawyer of the Year" by American Law Media.. He is admitted to the bars of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  He has also appeared as counsel, by way of pro hac vice admission, in over twenty states.  Mr. Lipari has lectured and published on topics including trial strategy, patent disputes, hydrofracking in the Marcellus Shale, and risk management practices.. Mr. Lipari is a 2002 graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law.  Before law school, he attended Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia and was offered a commission as Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps.. Prior to joining The Sultzer Law Group, P.C. Mr. Lipari was a partner at a prominent national litigation firm.  Earlier in his career, he was associated with one of the largest law firms in the country.

John Kiritsis is a licensed Attorney, that represents, both individuals and business, with issues involving business law, tax law, real estate, criminal defense and immigration law. John Kiritsis educational and work related experience, allow him to bring a versatile skill set to meet the needs of his clients.    He can be reached at:. 633 Third Avenue. New York, NY 10017. 1023 74th Street,. Brooklyn, NY 11228. 7309 Ventnor Avenue. Ventnor, NJ 08406

Ilana Sable is a partner at The Internicola Law Firm, PC, a business and franchise law firm specializing in the representation of entreprenurs, franchisors and established businesses. Ms. Sable specializes in partnership dispute litigation and general counsel services.

I graduated from Yale Law School after receiving a summa cum laude electrical engineering degree from the University of Michigan.  With my extensive background in technology, finance, and business law, I am well-positioned to analyze clients' industries, business interests and legal needs, and to help them develop a road map for their success.. Trustworthy business advisors keeping your business on TRACK:

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